A. Mortal Kombat 1992
Summary: Mortal
Kombat began as a fighting game which didn’t have a story line but it was a story later.
Its protagonist was a martial artist by the name of Liu Kang, who in the
revised story was fighting to protect the Earth-realm. Raiden, the thunder god,
whose role was that of the guardian of the earth realms, appeared as a playable
character. Other characters include Sonya Blade, Kano, Johnny Cage, Sub-zero,
Scorpion, Reptile, Goro, and Shang Tsung. Later, the story described Shang
Tsung as a sorcerer fighting on the behalf of the Outworld.
Connection: Raiden,
the thunder god and the earth realm protector, traveled the realms looking for
participants for the Mortal Kombat tournament. As such, he turned up in a number
of different video games, especially the first Mortal Kombat game.
Another of these games is called Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. In this game, an attack by Raiden towards Shao Khan occurred at the same that Superman attacked Darkseid. These simultaneous attacks caused their two dimensions to merge.
1. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Summary:
Earth-Realm and the DC Universe began to merge when Superman and Raiden both
attacked their mortal enemies. Not only do their universes begin to merge, but
their ultimate villains merged creating “Dark Kahn.” Heroes and Villains from
the two universes switched places. They also experienced extreme mood
swings called “rage” that gave them a power boost. This allowed and even forced, heroes to attack each other and match each others power. For example, at one point The Flash attacked Batman and Sub-Zero and Batman fought each other. Before
their worlds were destroyed by the change in the balance of power, Raiden and Superman
had to defeat “Dark Kahn.” At the end of the game, Darkseid was trapped in the
Neatherrealm and Shao Kahn was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
Connection: One
of the DC Universe characters seen in this game was Superman.
In most media,
Superman was and still is described as being an alien from tge planet named Krypton. Krypton was a planet that suffered a calamity by which it was destroyed decades
earlier. A baby boy named Kal-el was placed in a space pod that
eventually landed on Earth. The pod and the baby were found by a couple by the name of the Kent. John and Martha Kent adopted and raised Kal-el, naming him Clark and giving him the surname of Kent. As a teenager, Clark discovered his abilities and became known as Superboy. Superboy, was a character in Adventure Comic #247.
2. Adventure
Comics #247
Summary: Cosmic
Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl were (and will be) members of a superhero club from the 30th
century entitled the Legion of Super-Heroes. They traveled back to the 20th
to offer a young Superman aka Superboy aka Clark Kent, a membership into their
Legion. He was taken forward to the future where the Legion tested Superboy’s
abilities against their own. Superboy failed the three test, but learned later that
they were designed to fail. These test were not a test for acceptance, but an
initiation for already accepted club member. As a sign that he was accepted as a member of their club, he was given a
medallion.
Connection: One
of the three members of the Legion of Super-heroes was a girl called Saturn Girl
aka Imra Ardeen.
She was a strong telepath and had a tendency towards
self-sacrifice. This tendency made her
well-loved and she became one of the first female leaders of a Superhero group. And in the future her team ran into the crew from the Enterprise. Or maybe an alternate version of Saturn Girl and her team did.
Just under the IDW tag, in a red outfit, you can see the eponymous Saturn Girl.
3. Star
Trek/Legion of Superheroes #5
Summary: Not
exactly sure what happens, but there was a crossover. The Enterprise crew from the year 2270 while
the Legion was from the 31st century. According to one site, the
Starfleet Officers and Legionnaires met in the distant past and they encountered a force that has erased their timelines. And once again, the two teams met in
the 23rd century, which I am assuming was forward in time from the
first meeting, and once again met the force that was erasing time. There was
also some mention of Vandal Savage and Flint and how they are alternate
versions of each other, called Vandar the Stone. Another site claims that
Vandar captured Q, traveled back in time, and became the ruler. Apparently he
even interrogated Kirk and the Legionnaires in order to understand the mistakes
that were originally made. Spock and Brainiac traveled back in time and rescued Q
and that was what salvaged the timeline.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Flint
Connection: What was interesting about this was that Vandar the Stone was that he collected various time machines from throughout history, even though he already had Q.
He either decided to collect the time
machines to travel through time himself or to keep others from going to back to
correct the changes he made. One of the traveling devices he collected was the
StarGate from StarGate.
4. Stargate:
SG1
Summary: In
Egypt, a round portal was uncovered. It was discovered to be an ancient alien
interplanetary traveling device. It was stored somewhere, maybe Cheyenne
Mountain. While it was sitting in storage, it activated and an alien force of
Gouald, led by Apophis, came through and captured some of the humans working at the
base. Colonel Jack O’Neill and Samantha Carter were sent to Abydos to find Dr.
Daniel Jackson and ask his help in finding Apophis. They found more gate address, and
Carter, an astrophysicist as well as an Air Force soldier, figured out how to input those
address using the computers at the base. After finding out how to use the gate, they
determined which address from Abydos led to Apophis' home world. When they traveled there, the team
was captured, but escaped with the help of a Jaffa by the name of Teal’c. Teal’c
joined the team and along with O’Neill, Carter, and Jackson- they traveled from
planet to planet seeking allies for the fight against the Goauld.
Connection: Jack
O’Neill, while coming off as a simple military man, was actually very complex
and mysterious.
Does he have any relatives? No one knew. We do know that he was married once in the past and even had son named Charlie. We know that it was Charlies' death which broke that marriage up. We know that
there was and still is a clone of him running around that fans jokingly call MiniJack. We
also know that he later married Carter. But what came before all that. Some
fans speculate that before O’Neill was O’Neill, he was Macgyver. For me that is
too much of a change in personality. In my opinion, Jack was always Jack and he doesn’t
like discussing his family. So, I’m creating family for him. We also know that
he was born in Illinois. Whatever family he does have would realistically live
there or neighboring states. One such character is a character named Maggie
O’Neill from the story Where There’s A
Witch. She was an empath who dealt with the weird and lived in Indiana with
her family. Even stated that O’Neill’s have lived there for decades. Which
could explain why Jack barely blinked when weird events unfolded around him. For reference I even added a picture of Macgyver to have a general idea of a what a young Jack would look like. In my opinion, from what we can see of Maggie, the two slightly resemble one another.
5. Where
there’s A Witch by Madelyn Alt
Summary: Maggie
O’Neill lives in Stony Mills, Indiana- where her family has lived for decades.
She was an empath, able to sense emotion generated and imbedded into her
environment. She worked at an antique shop called “Enchantments.” Her boss was Felicity Dow, who was teaching Maggie how to use her skills. On the side, Maggie
investigated the paranormal with a group called N.I.G.H.T.S., a ghosthunting
team. In this book, Maggie visited a carnival and sensed some bad spirits. When
a body of a young girl was found, a construction workers was suspected of killing
her, but Maggie suspected that another force was at fault. Her and her group of
hunters investigated to stop the dark spiritual energy before it hurt more
people.
Connection: The
Chief of Police was a guy named Hiram Boggs. He was a twenty year veteran. If the story took place in the year that it was published, then he became a
police officer around 1989. This put him in early twenties when he started
policing and in his early 40’s in the book. He may be a relative of Harold Boggs
from Petticoat Junction. Harold
Boggs, in 1964, was a high-school dropout, dropping out when he was 13. I’m
guessing that he is about 18 or 19 given his relationship with the older
daughter. Old enough to be a father to or an uncle to Hiram Boggs.
6. Petticoat
Junction: The Ghengis Keane Story
Summary: A
retired teacher of the Hooterville school system, sent a letter to Kate
Bradley asking for a reservation. Kate and one of her daughters’ reminiscence
on what they experienced with Mrs. Keane as a teacher. When the lady arrived, they noticed that
she didn't act like they remembered her. So, thinking that she may be depressed
they tried to cheer her up. Two of the girls asked for help with their homework.
But after three days, the girls were worn out. The other guests felt bent out of shape due to Mrs. Keane’s domineering attitude. At first, Kate tried to
ask her to leave, but Keane guilted her into changing her tune. As a final ploy,
the Bradley’s created an educational program for dropouts- hopefully
demonstrating to Mrs. Keane that she still has the ability to teach in her.
Connection:
Petticoat Junction took place in a town called Hooterville. Hooterville was a
town bordering Pixley and Crabwell Corners. Because of this close proximity
between towns, characters from this show traveled frequently between towns.
Doris and Fred Ziffel were characters that were regulars on Petticoat
Junction.
These two characters were also seen on their sister show, Green Acres.
B. Green Acres
Summary: Green
Acres was a story about a couple from New York deciding that they needed a
change. Oliver Wendall Douglas, an attorney, dreamt about being a farmer. His
wife, Lisa, unwillingly went with him to fulfill that dream. Most of the show was about how these two
people react to a town and situation that was completely different from what
they are used to. Oliver and Lisa were surrounded by oddball characters such as:
Fred and Doris Ziffel, Arnold the Pig, Newt Kiley, Floyd Smoot, Haney, Eb, and
Drucker.
